WoRMS taxon details

Opegaster Ozaki, 1928

344928  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344928)

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  1. Species Opegaster acuta Manter, 1940
  2. Species Opegaster anguillii Harshey, 1933
  3. Species Opegaster apogonichthydis Yamaguti, 1938
  4. Species Opegaster bothi Yamaguti, 1970
  5. Species Opegaster brevifistula Ozaki, 1928
  6. Species Opegaster cryptocentri Yamaguti, 1958
  7. Species Opegaster dactylopteri Yamaguti, 1970
  8. Species Opegaster dendrochiri Yamaguti, 1970
  9. Species Opegaster dermatogenyos Yamaguti, 1970
  10. Species Opegaster ditrematis Yamaguti, 1942
  11. Species Opegaster elongata Yamaguti, 1959
  12. Species Opegaster gobii Yamaguti, 1952
  13. Species Opegaster hawaiiensis Yamaguti, 1970
  14. Species Opegaster hippocampi Shen, 1982
  15. Species Opegaster iniistii Yamaguti, 1970
  16. Species Opegaster longivesicula Yamaguti, 1952
  17. Species Opegaster lutiani Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957
  18. Species Opegaster macrorchis Yamaguti, 1938
  19. Species Opegaster mastacembalii Harshey, 1937
  20. Species Opegaster mehrii Harshey, 1937
  21. Species Opegaster oplegnathi Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
  22. Species Opegaster ouemoensis Bray & Justine, 2013
  23. Species Opegaster ovata Ozaki, 1928
  24. Species Opegaster paramacrorchis Hafeezullah, 1971
  25. Species Opegaster parapristipomatis Yamaguti, 1934
  26. Species Opegaster plotosi Yamaguti, 1940
  27. Species Opegaster pritchardae Overstreet, 1969
  28. Species Opegaster queenslandica (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justin, 2013
  29. Species Opegaster recta Ozaki, 1928
  30. Species Opegaster syngnathi Yamaguti, 1934
  31. Species Opegaster synodi Manter, 1947
  32. Species Opegaster tamori Yamaguti, 1938
  33. Species Opegaster beliyai Pande, 1937 accepted as Opecoelus beliyai (Pande, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Opegaster cameroni Caballero y C. & Caballero R., 1969 accepted as Opecoelus cameroni (Caballero y C. & Caballero R., 1969) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Opegaster caulopsettae Manter, 1954 accepted as Opecoelus caulopsettae (Manter, 1954) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Opegaster gonorhynchi Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979 accepted as Opecoelus gonorhynchi (Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Opegaster minimus (Tubangui, 1928) Tubangui & Masilungan, 1944 accepted as Opegaster minima (Tubangui, 1928) Tubangui & Masilungan, 1944 accepted as Opecoelus minimus Tubangui, 1928 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  38. Species Opegaster ovatus Ozaki, 1928 accepted as Opegaster ovata Ozaki, 1928 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  39. Species Opegaster ozaki Layman, 1930 accepted as Opecoelus ozaki (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Opegaster pentedactyla Manter, 1940 accepted as Opecoelus pentedactylus (Manter, 1940) Manter, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Opegaster queenslandicus (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justine, 2013 accepted as Opegaster queenslandica (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justin, 2013 (Malformed suffix)
  42. Species Opegaster rectus Ozaki, 1928 accepted as Opegaster recta Ozaki, 1928 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  43. Species Opegaster alykhani Bilqees, Hadi, Khatoon, Muti-ur-Rehman, Perveen & Haseeb, 2009 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh
feminine
Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2: 5-33. [details]   
Taxonomic remark Considered a synonym of Opecoelus by Aken'Ova (2007), but still recognised by Bray & Justine (2013). In view of this...  
Taxonomic remark Considered a synonym of Opecoelus by Aken'Ova (2007), but still recognised by Bray & Justine (2013). In view of this difference of opinion, we retain the conception of Cribb (2005).
DIG [details]
WoRMS (2024). Opegaster Ozaki, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344928 on 2024-03-28
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original description Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2: 5-33. [details]   

taxonomy source Ghosh, A.; Rizvi, A. N. (2022). Trematode parasites in fishes from Chilika: Three new records to India. <em>Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences.</em> Vol. 51 (07), 633-640. [details]   

taxonomy source Bray, R.A.; Justine, J.L. (2013). A digenean parasite in a mudskipper: Opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in the mangroves of New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitol (Praha).</em> 60(1):7-16. [details]   

taxonomy source Aken'Ova, T. O. (2007). The taxonomic status of Opegaster Ozaki, 1928 and the description of four new species of Opecoelus Ozaki, 1925 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from marine teleosts in Australian waters. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 67(1): 25-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9068-0 [details]   

taxonomy source Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 2, 325-497.
page(s): 364 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. <em>Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.</em>  [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]   

identification resource Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 443–531.
page(s): 494 [details]   

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies Opecoelinae Stunkard, 1931; Genitocotylinae Skrjabin, Petrow et Koval, 1958; Horatrematinae Srivastava, 1942; Notoporinae Srivastava, 1942. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 222 [details]   
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Taxonomic remark Considered a synonym of Opecoelus by Aken'Ova (2007), but still recognised by Bray & Justine (2013). In view of this difference of opinion, we retain the conception of Cribb (2005).
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